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MPLIOA'IION FILED JULY 17.1903.

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Patented inne .38, 1964i.

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v SPECIFCATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 763,811, dated June 28,1964.

Application 'iiled July 17, 1905i.v Serisl Ho. 165,886. (Bin model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern/.-

Bc it known that l, Hnen'tii. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Coney island, borough of o Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and infr proved Carousel, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in carousels or merry-go-rounds, an object loe ing to provide a device of this character in which there is a variety of movements and so arranged as lto not only give amusement to the riders, but also producing a peculiar illuu sion to onlookers.

invention and then' point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to oe had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters oi reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

lFigure 1 is a plan View of a carousel ein.n bodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line Q 2 of Fig. 1.

elevation showing the fixed center mast and parts connecting directly therewith, and Fig.

' 5in a section illustrating one of the scat and lamp carrying devices.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a iixed center mast, which may he tubular, as shown, for convenience in passing there through electric wires, if'desired. The lower end of this mast is secured in a socket momber (i, and a frame is arranged to rotate on the mast above said socket member. This frame consists ci' a sleeve 7, having at its lower end an annular flange 8, provided with a channel for receiving antifriction-balls 9, the said balls alsol engaging in .a channel formed in an annular flange on the upper end ot' the socket member. Badiating from the sleeve 7 are arms consisting of angleirons, cach arm havingan upper horizontal member 11 and a lower upwardly and outn gular braces 13. The several arms are con- Fig. -3 is a section on A. the line 3 3 0i Fig. 2. Fig. 4 1s a sectional` upon-which a circular piatorm is secured. The upper surface of this platform 15 is .on the piane of theupper surface of a landing platform 16, having an opening in whichsaid piatferm 15 rotates.

nectedrnear the outer ends by here or railsli, I

parted to the frame bearing the platform by;

any suitable means.

cured rigidly to the under sides of theradial arms, andas engaged by a driving-gear I have here shown as a`l` means for rotating it acircular rack 17,se

Arranged at intervals around the platform 'A and passing loosely through openings therein arestandards 19, the lower ends of which be- 4 K e 'Iiow the platform have stephearings, in blocks I will describe a caroinell embodying my1 this form of track an upfand-down movement is imparted to the standards 19 while moving around with the piatlorm.

23 24, connected, respectively, with the members 11 12 ofthe arms., and from these members of the arms -eine "25 extend downward and pass loosely through openings'. in the blocks 20. `rihiswill permit the frce'up-anddown movement of the blocks, but will. pre- I -7o c The standards are guided through blocks vent the rollers from turning laterally and passing oil the track.

Rigidly connected to each standard 19-above the platform are oppositely-extended arms 26 27, and on each arm two seats 28 "29 are mounted, the seats of a pair being arranged in reverse directions. It will he noted that one pair of seats 1s located at a somewhat greater distance from the standards 19 than is the other pair of seats, the object of which will hereinafter appear.

Guide-arms 30 extend outward from the /mast 5 and have openings at their outer ends, through which the standards 19 may freely move up and down and also rotate. The several arms are connected` to a hub 31, onthe under side of which is an annular channel for receiving bearing-balls 32, saidbearingfballs also engaging in an annular channel formed in the top portion 33 oi' the mast. This will permit ot' freerotary motion of the arms relatively to the mast, as the hub rotates around a stem 34 extended upward from the top part and above the huh 3l a nut 35 engages with said stem.

Extended outward in opposite directions from the upper end of each standard 19 are arms 36 3.7, the said arms being' arranged at right angles to the seat-carrying; arms, and

one or' these here shown as the arm 3G, is Lenger than the other arm. Un the outer end of each arm 3S electric lamps are held and arranged in a segmental row,\vliile a simi-- lar row et lamps 39 is supported on the outer end oi each arm l will new describe a means for imparting rotary motion te the standards 1Q in a direction opposite to that of the platforms rotary motion;

Rigdly secured te the mast above the radial arms is a 'trictionwvheel e0, having' a plurality of peripheral grooves, the numher el said grooves corresponding to the nurnher of the standards 19. Arranged on the several standards are pulleys el #t2 43 dit. Each pulley is provided with two annular grooves, and the standards while caused to rotate with the pulleys have'free vertical movement through the pulleys, as clearly indicated in Fig. 5. Keys L are secured tothe standards and pass through lreyways 4:6, formed in the pulleys. it Will also he noted in Fig. 5 that the openings through the platform 15 are sulliciently large to permit the keys entering the same.

An endless belt 4T passes around the i'riction-wheel 40 and operates the several pulleys for rotating the standards 1). As an illustration of the arrangement of helting reference may he had to Fig. 3, where the hand is int ieated as extending from the wheel f1.0, thence into one the channels or' the pulley di, thence around an iri'er 48, thence hack to the pulley 4l, where it passesin the other channel thereoi", thence hack to another channel oi' the wheel 4J), around the pulley 4Q, thence.

to an idler S, hack to the pulley 42, thence to another channel of the wheel 40, thence to thc pulley Ll2, from which it extends to an idler 5l), thence hack to pnlleyi to the next channel of the series in the wheel Ll() to the pulley 44, around ar idler 5l, hack to the pulley "t4, thence to an idler 52 to a. take-up pulley 53, from which it extends to a connection with the irst iurn around vthe wheel 4l.

Thctahwup pulley 5? is mounted on an arm r-i, swingingl on one o'r' the radial arm meinhers and held as adjusted hy means of a pin 55, uhich engages in any one ol a series of ]n\,rt' nations inan arc plate 5G.

ln the (nieration while the platform l5 is rotatingin one direction the several seats and lamps will he carried around with the saine, and will. also rotate on their independent axes in a directioi'i opposite to that oi' the movement oiA the platl'orin.

ly hisineans and hestandards a spiral and a plurality or" concentric circle effects or illusions will be given especially tothe onlookers, and this illusion will obiviously he heightened by the electric lamps. which may he.- variously colored, and hy a rapid rotary motion, giving the appearance of continuous concentric circles one Within another.

' During these movements, and as before stated, f the seats and lamps will have an up-and-d0\vn movement. The spiral illusion is given somewhat greater eect also by the reverse arrangement of the seats.

As an additional means for supporting the platform, rollers 57, running on a track 55%, are carried on the arms il and 12, and the arms 30 may he braced hy sectional rods 59, connected by turnbucldes.

{avingtluis described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A carousel comprisinga rotary platform, standards extended loosely through openings in said platform, means for causing; vertical movements of said standards while heing carried around with the platform, arms extended in opposite directions from the standards and rigidly fixed thereto, one arm being longer than the other, and seats rigidly fixed on the arms, the seats at one side being at `greater distances from the standards than the seats at the other side.

2. A carousel com prising a rotary platform, standards passing freely through openings in said. platform, meansl i'or causing` vertical movements of said standards, arms extended in opposite directions from each standard, seats iixedly mounted on said arms at dil'ler'- ent distances 'from the standard, lamp-supporting; arms extendcfx from upper portions of' the standards at right angles to the seat-carryingarms, a plurality ot' lamps on each lampsupporting' arm, and one of said lamp-supportino; arms being longer than the opposite arm.

P3. A carousel comprising;- a mast, a platform mounted to rotate around the mast, a series ot' standards extended through openings in the platform, means for causing vertical movements of the standards` al carried on opposite sides oi' the standards and fixed at different distances therefrom, arms extended outward from the upper endsot' the standards, a plurality of lamps,supported on each oi' said upper arms, means for causinga rotarymovef nient of the standards, and arujishavin iiofy n tary movement on the mast, the outer' ends'ot-4 said arms havingopenlngs in whicl` the standy ards have rotary movement and vertical movenient.

3 scrihinn' witnesses.

ng ilul lamps and the varying distance ol' ilu' arrangement oi' seats with rolaion to the llllill l. THOMAS.

ll'itnesscs:

JNo. Nl. ltrrrnu, f". l.. Famosos.

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